Manuscript/Mixed Material Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated
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Image 1 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Anna Dickinson General Correspondence Brackett Lou and Walter 1863 75 and undated
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 2 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Boston May 29th 63 Dear Anna I fell by this time that you have about given up hearing from me but one reason I have not written and the most important is…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 3 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated you did not send me your directions and I did not wish my letter to mis carry especially as I enclose one from Col Beecher however I at last venture to send…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 4 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated I told him he must write himself for I could not waste my precious eye sight writing his messages Do you often think of me and the dear old Studio I hear…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 5 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Boston June 15th63 My own sweet Raphael Dickinson how much I want to see you as your letter gave me such exquisite pleasure indeed I will marry you run off any where…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 6 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated and with all the of my nature I beg you not to accompany us will you do so write and tell us quickly too Bless your little soul how do you live…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 7 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated you all about it as Gen Butler has been to see us he remained an hour an a half with us and we enjoyed him very much He spoke of you and…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 8 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Dearest Anna Are you quite desperate that you do not hear from Lou Ah I cant help it for I am sick and have been this two weeks Im all tired and…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 9 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated accompany me this summer When shall you be in Boston We shall leave the city on Monday to be gone about 10 days Walter wants to try the salmonfishing some where in…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 10 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Julywhen we would like him known and he could meet you at the Studio O wont we have a good time this summer I have so much to tell you About your…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 11 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Boston July 24th63 My own dear Anna We arrived in Boston last Tuesday afternoon and I hurry a line to let you know that I want you to pack up your duds…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 12 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated you to meet Gen Butler here for he is expecting it And also I want you to meet my nice little Col thats on Butlers staff you remember the one I wrote…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 13 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated certainly but those you can purchase here Edward Brackett is doing one of the best busts of Butler that has ever been taken or I should say the best likeness I told…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 14 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated and talking There are some Cambridge students here that we like very much and in the evening we congregate together and they sing some of their college songs which are extremely funny…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 15 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated had only come to Boston before we left you would have been able to have seen him and had some nice quiet talks with him he spent most of the time for…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 16 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated 41 Fremont St Boston Nov 2d 1863 My own dear Anna Your last letter made me so very happy I read it twenty times and kissed it twice as many you darling…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 17 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated us and she informed me that she and Tom are going to Worcester to hear you speak and they intended to bring you back at midnight to spend a few days with…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 18 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated to you my darling but the very thought of Anna dear gave me new life Write me a long very long letter and very quickly too I wish you were here to…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 19 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated and I am thankful Walter wrote you some time ago and sent the notices have you got them I was sick and could not write before so I told him to do…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 20 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated and the Lieut Col Major and Adjutant all killed so you may imagine his sorrow Walter fished out a large pipe for him and after sucking a little while he seemed decidedly…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 21 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated I hope he kissed me for myself alone but I fear it was that I was covered all over with Anna if it was so why then when I next meet you…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 22 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated yet he pities you alas what is to be done You will have to get married and retire into private life to please him The Courier always gets hold of everything that…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 23 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Studio 41 Fremont St Boston June 9th 66 Dear Dick Yours of Wednesday came safely to hand all right Many thanks Lou is a little better Has her dry goods mostly packed…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 24 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Boston Oct 30 1866 Dear clever soul I have been trying for some time to write you but fate willed it otherwise I have been quite sick with a severe cold which…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 25 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated times I have had with thee well on the whole I guess I dont quite wish that Well I went to Wendell Phillips lecture which was a grand success the very best…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 26 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Are you well and are you enjoying yourself Ristori is in Boston now and every body is crazy over her sending up plays a O heavens I wish you were on the…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 27 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Boston Dec 7th 1866 O my darling I am quite distracted at the thought that you are sick youre sick and in the dready west the papers all announce that fact and…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 28 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated you go out in those dreary places away from home and friends I have been so happy since I recd your letter dated form Davenport I read with so much joy your…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 29 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated twofold drive I last saw you I have felt you Many thoughts from the far West for I am getting f fully sensitive of late and to tell the truth I should…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 30 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated quite satisfactory I treated myself to a white woolen sack which by the way is very overcing for the Opera and sick like Where you do suppose I got the money Well…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 31 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated I wish you could spend Christmas with us Think of me often love me always and believe that I truly love you more and more ever your own faithful Lou Dear Anna…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 32 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Boston 41 Fremont Dec 26 1866 Dear Anne No words can express my joy at receiving from Sue the welcome news that you were out of danger and on the way home…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 33 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated and of course from sympathy and care of him I have suffered too The holidays have excited him greatly and I think the immediate cause of much of his wakefulness he was…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 34 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated and better every day my need of you therefore I hold you to my heart closer than ever dearer than ever Your last letter to me darling was so dear you never…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 35 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Boston Dec 1 1867 My Dear Dear Anna Ere this time I suppose you have arrived in Phil safe and sound I have much I missed your presence around and about me…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 36 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated horribel consciousness of it Your last visit to Boston knit my heart closer and closer to yours from the fact that I disclosed more of my inner life to you did I…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 37 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated to be desired The play of Masippa was immensly entertaining also and Kitty Blanchard had the most exquisite dress you ever beheld she took the part of Olinska and her dress was…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 38 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated Boston April 19 1869 41 Fremont St Dear Anna Yours of the 6th I have recd and enjoyed I had long hope for a line from you in answer to my last…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 39 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated and is fearful that he may go into a rapid decline and never see this country again I have paid your bill and should be happy to attend to any other commissions…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
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Image 40 of Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated little card with his own name inscribed upon it and those modest words in Latin Tace Vale Vale iterum que Vale which being translated means Be silent farewell farewell and again farewell…
- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
- Date: 1865
About this Item
Title
- Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Brackett, Lou and Walter, 1865-1875, undated
Names
- Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932
Created / Published
- 1865 - 1875
Headings
- - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- - Antislavery movements--United States
- - Slavery--United States
- - Lecturers
- - Theater--United States
- - Women--Suffrage--United States
- - Women's rights--United States
- - Actresses
- - Reformers
- - Manuscripts
- - United States
Genre
- Manuscripts
Call Number/Physical Location
- series: General Correspondence, 1859-1911
- mss18424, box 5; reel 7
Source Collection
- Anna E. Dickinson papers
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- Manuscript Division
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